Powder box



Jan. 25, 1927. 1,615,487

LE ROY ROOT POWDER BOX Filed July 27, 1922 avwgmboz Patented Jan. 25, 1927.

harm

LE ROY ROOT, OF BROQKLYN, NEW YORK,

ASSIGNOB IO SCGVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION GE CQNNECTICUT.-

POWDER 13951,

Application filed July 27,

This invention relates to certain improvements in small boxes for containing loose powder, such as toilet powder and the like.

These boxes are largely used by ladies for carrying face powder and should be of a size and shape to conveniently lit in a hand bag, pocxctbook, or the like, and the boxes are generally capacitated to hold a powder puff or the like for applying the powder. The users of toilet powder prefer to use the powder in a loose condition, as the powder in this form is purer and more readily taken up by the pull and applied. If, however, the powder is carried loosely in the boxes with a pull, waste occurs by spilling of the powdereither when the puff is used to take it froin the box, or because of the box becoming accidentally opened. FlllljllGlll'lOlG, most users have a particular brand of powder which they prefer to use, and want a box that can be readily refilled without loss of powder.

It is the especial object of the present invention to provide an improved powder box of simple form so that it can be very cheaply produced and of convenient shape for carrying in a hand bag, pocketbook, or the like, which is leak proof, that is, the box is so formed that escape of powder is prevented except through the discharge orifices provided for the purpose, and which box shall be so formed that it may be readily refilled by the user with loose powder as desired.

With this and other objects in view, not s 'iecilically referred to, the invention consists in certain novel parts, arrangements and combination-i, a detailed description of which will be given in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof pointed out in the claim hereuuto annexed.

In these drawings z- Figure l is a vertical sectional. view of the improved box.

Figure 2 is a sectional plan view of the construction shown in Fig. 1, the section being taken on line 22 of that figure.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Figure l is a detail sectional view showing the cover and bottom removed.

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view of the removable bottom of the box.

The box will be constructed so as to have 1922'. Serial'No. 577,795.

as few parts as possible so as to cheapen the manufacture. \Vhile the box may be of any desired size or shape, the box as shown, is of a size convenient to it a hand bag, pocketbook, or the like, and may be circular in form, and the various parts of the box will u'cferably be lnade of light or thin sheet metal as brass. The improved box comprises, where a circular shape is adopted, what may be termed a ring 1, which is open at both ends and forms the body portion of the box. This ring 1 has secured therein, in any suitable manner, as by soldering, a dis pausing or sifting member in the form of a plate 2, this plate being preferably curved downwardly toward the bottom of the box, as indicated at 3, and provided with a plurality of discharge orifices 4, suitably arranged preferably around the inner or cen tral portion of the plate. With this construction any loose powder above the plate will tend to gravitate toward the center of the plate and pass back into the box through the orifices. This plate 2 is disposed in the ring 1 preferably intermediate the ends of the ring so as to leave above it a space which will accommodate a powder puff or the like 5, this puff being held in position by a cover 6.

The box is so constructed and arranged that it may be readily refilled with loose powder and the parts are soconstructed that the box is leak proof, that is, so that no powder can escape from the box except through the discharge orifices & when it is desired to dispense the powder.

While various constructions may be employed for this, in the best constructions there is provided a removable bottom memher 7, and this bottom member is provided with an upwardly extending collar or flange 8 arranged to snugly fit within the lower part of the ring 1 below the dispensing plate 2. To prevent leakage there is provided in the ring an abutment against which the flange 8 of the container bottom 7 may abut so as to prevent powder leaking past it and escaping from the box. lVhile this abutment may be formed in various ways, a simple and effective one is that illustrated, in which the plate 2 is formed with a downwardly extending peripheral skirt or flange 9 against the lower edge of which the upper edge of the collar 8 on the bottom 7 abuts inside the ring so as to form a tight joint and prevent the leakage of powder past these parts.

In the best construction the container bottom 7 will be provided with means for holding it in place. While these means may be somewhat varied, in the particular construction illustrated, the bottom is provided with humps 10 adapted to take in to angled slots 11 formed in the ring 1. The bottom container 7 is also, in the best constructions, provided with a round 12 by which it may be readily grasped for rotating it to free it from the look when it is to be removed from '1 the ring for refilling with powder.

T he cover 6 may be secured in position in any desired manner. In the construction illustrated this cover is, as shown, a hinged cover, being hinged to the ring 1 at 13, and

at its opposite side is provided with a catch l taking over a hump 15 on the ring 1.

lVith the construction described a very simple and cheap box has been provided and one consisting of few parts and which may be readily stamped from metal, and the parts of which may be readily and quickly assembled, thus providing a very economical container. This container, furthermore, can be quickly and easily refilled with loose pow der, and this loose powder is prevented from getting out of the box except through the discharge orifices in the dispensing plate.

lVhile the invention has been shown and described in its preferred form, it will be understood that certain changes and variations may be made in the specific structure disclosed without departing from the invention.

What I claim is:

A dispensing box for loose powder comprising an annular body member of thin light metal open at each end and consisting of a cylindrical ring provided intermediate its ends with an outwardly extending bead, a perforated distributing plate arranged in the body member below said bead and having a downwardly extending annular skirt snugly engaging the inner cylindrical surface of said body member, a cover for the box spaced from the plate to accommodate a powder puff between the plate and cover, said cover having a depending annular skirt adapted to snugly engage the upper cylindrical portion of the body member and to abut against said head, and a removable bottom having a continuous upstanding flange telescopically engaging the lower cylindrical portion of the body member and abutting against the lower edge of the skirt of the distributing plate, so as to prevent leakage of the powder from the box except through the perforations of the distributing plate, said bottom also having an outwardly extending annular bead abutting against the lower edge of the body member.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

LE ROY ROOT. 

